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PATE-Nr OFFICE; 1

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vNaf815,4295. r @umidi -Be it knownhat I, BENJAMIN H'n'haci zen of" theUnited States, residingat'Stockton', in'the county ofV San Joaquin,and'State Q galfornia have invented anew and useful ee My invention Irelates'mere partieularlyfto wheel which, while cheapl of eonstruction,

-be strong, durable, 'and.jieflcierft, onje' which' may be easily'adjusted and"repaired,

f the principall object being tosecure' thetires and ellie's or-rinsvrigidly togethenf .-:fI attain these objects bythe use ofthe peculiaromstruction,novel combination,'andadaptationf ofpartshereinafterdescribed, and' pointed Vout in the claims, reference'bein `had totheaccompanying drawings, -iii-whit;

'F1 e -1- s a side elevatmnfof my 1m -4is a plan View of the same.

tached sectional View of a modiiication'of my Fig. 6 is va detailyie'woflthe tail View of one of the clampinplatesI;A Fig.

block 15.

` ASimilar figures of reference indicate coi-'rev spending partsthroughout all the views. It is a Wellknown fact that heretofore tiresstretch and loosen from the rim or fellyfand other membersofthe Wheelitosuch an eXte'nt l as to render them unservceable.

this troubleby arrangingthe or fellie's 1 of my Wheel in pairs, as shownin 1ig.f2,swi th i` I obviate a series of clamping-plates 2, each 'ofwhich has vthe ,perforation` 3- (shown` 'in Eig. 4)' ar- #rangedatinterv'als on the'inner faceofe'ach pair of rims, with bolts'4inserted irholes 5 i in the tire 6 and extending through thepere.

lforations 3 in the plates 2., A The .nuts 7 are f 5o adapted to`beplaced' 'on the bolts 4Qv and im# of'the wheels' of-heavyvehiclessuch as trac-a tion-engines, heavy freight wa'gons, & c.'' 'l vWhen used on rough and'rockyv roads will;

i the plates'mlthus securely mainy tieltaining. thellfims'l rigidly incontact with the tire 6, f f i v:To prevent. the r from-"the plates 2j,the two ends are ormed 'into' `lipsj rtn :laooks- 8,* which; With thebolts ange them-as shown in Fig.. 42. My' fnventionf may be Vapplied .to'Wheels where the rims'are used -singly instead" 'of in f 'rece'ive thebolt-4 and-is of-a heightequal to 'the-rim and is adapted to suport'therin'ner end 'ofthe plate 2,' causing the ee end to.i1n"

".f ,7 invention is the vfacility ping'e'u on'the I. One' eature'of my'with which the Wheel'may4 be repaired when ltool necessary is" wrenchvto ;it' the^ nuts 7 and a; Workman of ordinary skill'. The spokes A -9of-niy Wheel'a're inserted in perforations in;

-the'tire 6 and arranged alternately from side "te side, so asto formianX, 'each alternate/1.'

v8o tiret and' to the" opposite end of. thehub;

Spoke being attached 'to near one side of the Whichisv formedwithtwodisks 1 1 attached' tn a barrel12, s aiddisks 11 havingthe holes 13- intheir periphery. By means of the nuts x14 .the tire 6 may-be adjustedand the .Whole 85 structure kept tight.

1-laying thus describedmyinvention', I-clam as new, and desire tolse'cure by Let blocks -15 hayingh'the hole 1 6, arranged be-` neath oneend of t e plates 2 all arranged and.

operating substarltiflilbT as fshow'ngndg de'` 'slippifnhl away'passingbetween them, keep the rims in po- Wheel or` the classdescribedthey Y combination with a suitable hub,spoke s, fel- Icb'joy gag 815,295

lies, and tire, of the plates 2 having the lip 8, In testimony whereof Ihave hereunto afarranged orre end on the feily and the other l'iXed mysignature to this speciication in the end resting on the blocks 15, thesaid blocks presence of two subscribing witnesses. 15 having the hole16, and the bolt 4,- inse'rted BENJAMIN HOLT.

5 in the hole 16 and having the nut 7 adapted Witnesses:

to impinge upon the plate 2 all arranged sub- P. E. HOLT, stantially esshown and described. M. HAYNEs.

